BLUE PINE
s/t CD (CW001)

   Blue Pine's approach is similar to that taken by The Pogues, The Bad Seeds, and Vancouver's own Jerk With A Bomb. But these comparisons don't come close to suggesting the strangeness of this album (which isn't even lessened by the appearance of Carolyn Mark's familiar voice on two tracks). Perhaps a better parallel to draw would be with The Fall - insofar as this record's otherworldliness is a function of its abrasive vocals and jarring guitar strang.
   Or maybe I should just mention that they have a song called "Fur Harness or Let No Beast be Shackled Lest Doom Fall on All of Us" and leave it at that.


   Carey Mercer and Mike Rak now play in another Global Symphonic related group, Frog Eyes.

CD ($12.00)